Transformation of Colloidal Quantum Dot: From Intraband Transition to Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance

Juhee Son; Dongsun Choi; Mihyeon Park; Juyeong Kim; Kwang Seob Jeong

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01080

Transformation of Colloidal Quantum Dot: From Intraband Transition to Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance

Juhee Son, Dongsun Choi, Mihyeon Park, Juyeong Kim, Kwang Seob Jeong

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Abstract

An increase in the carrier density of semiconductor nanocrystals can gradually change the origin of the optical property from the excitonic transition to the localized surface plasmon resonances. Here, we present the evolution of the electronic transition of self-doped Ag2Se colloidal quantum dots, from the intraband transition to the localized surface plasmon resonances along with a splitting of the intraband transition (1Pe-1Se). The minimum fwhm of the split intraband transition is only 23.7 meV, which is exceptionally narrow compared to that of metal oxide nanocrystals showing LSPRs, inferring that the electron-electron scattering is significantly suppressed due to the smaller carrier density. The splitting of the intraband transition mainly results from the asymmetrical crystal structure of the tetragonal Ag2Se CQDs and becomes distinct when the nanocrystal changes its crystal structure from the cubic to tetragonal structure. Maximizing the discrete energy levels in the quantum dot along with mixing with plasmonic characters may provide opportunities to fully harness merits of both the quantum confinement effect and localized surface plasmon resonance characters.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4985-4992
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	20
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01080
Publication status	Published - 2020 Jul 8

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2018R1D1A1A02085371) and by the Creative Materials Discovery Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by Ministry of Science and ICT (NRF-2019M3D1A1078299). K.S.J. thanks Prof. Philippe Guyot-Sionnest, Prof. Chang Seop Hong, and Dr. Jihye Kim for helpful suggestions. The authors also thank Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI) for the usage of their TEM instrumentation.

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© 2020 American Chemical Society.

Keywords

Intraband transition splitting
LSPRs
crystal structure change
narrow fwhm
self-doped nanocrystal
silver chalcogenide

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Bioengineering
General Chemistry
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering

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